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Mayne (other)
Mayne may refer to: People * Andrew Mayne, magician and filmmaker * Brent Mayne (born 1968), American baseball catcher * Chris Mayne (born 1988), professional Australian rules footballer * Clarice Mayne (1886–1966), British music hall and variety theatre singer and performer * Cuthbert Mayne (1544–1577), English Roman Catholic priest and martyr * David Mayne (1930–2024), South African electrical engineer and professor * Edgar Mayne (1882–1961), Australian cricketer * Edith Mayne (1905–1953), British freestyle swimmer * Edward Mayne (1756–1829), Irish judge * Ferdy Mayne (1916–1998), German-British actor * Frederick Allen Mayne III (born 1970), birth name of American singer ''Fred Durst'' * James O'Neil Mayne, Australian philanthropist * Jasper Mayne (1604–1672), British clergyman, translator, minor poet and dramatist * John Mayne (1759–1836), Scottish printer, journalist and poet * Kenny Mayne (born 1959), American sports journalist * Laurie Mayne (born 1942), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Mayne
Andrew Mayne is a novelist, inventor and magician. He is a three-time Thriller Award finalist and an Edgar finalist for his novel Black Fall. In 2019 he swam alongside great white sharks using an underwater stealth suit in the Discovery Channel Shark Week special ''Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver''. Having written and produced over fifty books, DVDs, and manuscripts on magic, he was described in 2010 as one of the most prolific magic creators of the 2000s. He is also the publisher of iTricks.com and the host of the Weird Things podcast. His magic includes illusions such as shrinking his body to two feet tall and drinking liquid nitrogen. Fiction Author Andrew Mayne has published over sixteen novels. His novel '' The Naturalist'' spent eight weeks at the top of the Amazon best sellers list. *''The Grendel's Shadow'' (2011) *''Public Enemy Zero'' (2011) *''Hollywood Pharaohs'' (2012) *''Knight School'' (2013) *''How to write a Novella in 24 Hours'' (2015) ''The Chronological Man'' serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke J Mayne
People *Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as Saint Luke. *Uncle Luke (born 1960), American rapper. Also known as Luke. *Luke (The Walking Dead), a fictional character from The Walking Dead Biblical books *Gospel of Luke, a Christian Gospel *Luke–Acts, the composite work of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament Music * ''Luke'' (album), by Steve Lukather *Luke (French band) * "LUKE", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from ''Glory Wars'' *Luke Records, a record label Organizations *''Accademia di San Luca'', (the "Academy of Saint Luke"), founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome *Guild of Saint Luke, a medieval artists' guild named after Saint Luke Places * Luke (Čajniče), a village in the municipality of Čajniče, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mayne
Stephen Mayne (born 23 July 1969) is an Australian Walkley Award winning journalist, local government councillor, and self-described shareholder activist. Career Journalism Mayne worked for a number of media outlets and was a media adviser to the Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett between 1992 and 1994. In 1997 Mayne appeared on ABC TV's ''Four Corners'' as a whistleblower about Kennett's share dealings. In 1999 Mayne started the website ''jeffed.com'' devoted to complaints about Kennett in support of Mayne's abortive candidacy in the 1999 election. He is best known for founding ''Crikey'' in 2000, an online independent news service. The combination of gossip and anti-establishment reporting got Mayne into legal (and consequent financial) trouble several times. Despite considerable financial pressures, Mayne persisted and ''Crikey'' gradually attracted subscribers and a fair degree of notoriety. It was announced on 1 February 2005 that ''Crikey'' had been sold for A$1 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Mayne
Simon MayneAlso known as in contemporary sources as Symon Mayne) and Symon MeyneProclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges(4 June 1660)) (1612 – 13 April 1661) was a Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England. Simon was born and lived at Dinton Hall in Buckinghamshire, the son of Simon Mayne Snr and his wife, Colubria the sister of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace. His father died when he was aged five, leaving him the Dinton Hall estate after the death of his mother (in 1629). He was educated at Thame in Oxfordshire at Lord Williams's School and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1630. He married Jane Burgoyne in 1633. After her death in 1641, he married Elizabeth Tow, a widow, with whom he had three sons. In 1645, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (and was elected again in 1659). In January 1649, as a judge of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, he was 40th of the 59 signatories on the death w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seymour Mayne
Seymour Mayne (born 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian author, editor, or translator of more than seventy books and monographs. As he has written about the Jewish Canadian poets, his work is recognizable by its emphasis on the human dimension, the translation of the experience of the immigrant and the outsider, the finding of joy in the face of adversity, and the linking with tradition and a strong concern with history in its widest sense. Life He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Doris Minkin and Henry Mayne. His father arrived in Canada as a refugee after World War I and his mother entered Canada just days before World War II broke out in Europe. Career His latest books include ''Cusp: Word Sonnets'' (2014), ''September Rain'' (2005), and various editions in a number of languages of his innovative collection, ''Ricochet: Word Sonnets'' (2004). As a fervent innovator of the word sonnet, he has given readings and lectured widely in Canada and internationall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Mayne
Roger Mayne (5 May 1929 – 7 June 2014) was an English photographer, best known for his documentation of the children of Southam Street, London. Life and work Born in Cambridge, Mayne studied Chemistry at Balliol College, Oxford University. Here he became interested in photographic processing, and met Hugo van Wadenoyen, a key figure in British photography's break with pictorialism. On graduating in 1951 Mayne contributed pictures to '' Picture Post'', and was an occasional film stills photographer. In the early 1950s he made photographic portraits of many residents in the artist's-colony town of St. Ives, Cornwall. He operated very much in an aesthetic vacuum, struggling to find any coherent tradition of British photography to follow. In 1956 he had a one-man show of his portraits at the ICA (UK), and George Eastman House (US). By 1957 he was established as a freelance photographer for London magazines and book-jacket designers. With some financial and limited curatorial secu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Charles Mayne
Rear-Admiral Richard Charles Mayne (7 July 1835 – 29 May 1892) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer, who in later life became a Conservative politician. Richard Mayne was the son of Sir Richard Mayne KCB (the first joint commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) and the grandson of Judge Edward Mayne. Both his father and grandfather were graduates of Trinity College, Dublin. Richard Mayne was educated at Eton. He was a scion of a family that settled at Mount Sedborough in County Fermanagh during the Plantation of Ulster and subsequently at Freame Mount, County Cavan in Ireland. Royal Navy career Exploration of British Columbia In 1856 Lieutenant Mayne was attached to the Nautical Survey of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. Mayne sailed with Captain George Henry Richards on his expedition in HMS ''Plumper'' and also on HMS ''Hecate'' to survey the coast of British Columbia (1857–1859), and there came to serve in the Royal Engineers under Colonel Richard Moody and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mayne (photographer)
Sir Richard Mayne KCB (27 November 1796 – 26 December 1868) was a barrister and the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police (1829–1868). With an incumbency of 39 years, he was also the longest-serving Commissioner in the force's history, as well as the youngest on his appointment. Early life and career Mayne was born in Dublin, the son of Judge Edward Mayne and Sarah Fiddes. He was one of thirteen children. He gained his BA from Trinity College, Dublin in 1818 and his MA from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1821. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn on 9 February 1822 and commenced practice on the Northern Circuit. In 1814 in the company of his eldest brother Charles Mayne, he made a tour of the continent. Second Joint Commissioner As a rising star of the English Bar, Mayne applied in 1829 to be one of the Joint Commissioners of the new Metropolitan Police, and was selected without interview. His senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mayne (administrator)
Richard John Mayne (2 April 1926 – 29 November 2009) was a British journalist, broadcaster, writer and advocate of closer European integration. Mayne was born in North London and educated at St Paul's School in London. Towards the end of the war, because of his linguistic abilities, he was chosen for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), but spent most of his time in the armed forces with a signals unit. In 1947, he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read History, gaining a starred first-class degree. Work on his PhD in 1953, having gained a Leverhulme grant, involved a period working in the Vatican Library. From Rome, he began to write for the ''New Statesman'' and ''The Spectator''. Mayne joined the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community in Luxembourg in 1956 and became an adviser to Jean Monnet, and then to Walter Hallstein, first President of the European Commission (1958–63). He succeeded François Duchêne as director of the Action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mayne
Sir Richard Mayne KCB (27 November 1796 – 26 December 1868) was a barrister and the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police (1829–1868). With an incumbency of 39 years, he was also the longest-serving Commissioner in the force's history, as well as the youngest on his appointment. Early life and career Mayne was born in Dublin, the son of Judge Edward Mayne and Sarah Fiddes. He was one of thirteen children. He gained his BA from Trinity College, Dublin in 1818 and his MA from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1821. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn on 9 February 1822 and commenced practice on the Northern Circuit. In 1814 in the company of his eldest brother Charles Mayne, he made a tour of the continent. Second Joint Commissioner As a rising star of the English Bar, Mayne applied in 1829 to be one of the Joint Commissioners of the new Metropolitan Police, and was selected without interview. His senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Mayne
''The Mayne Inheritance'' is a non-fiction book written by Queensland author Rosamond Siemon. It was first published in 1997 by University of Queensland Press, and a new edition with updated information was issued by the same publisher in 2003. The book won the Brisbane City Council's ''One Book One Brisbane'' competition in 2003. Plot and themes ''The Mayne Inheritance'' tells the story of Patrick Mayne, a young man who migrated to Australia from his impoverished background in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1841. He was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland in 1824. He soon moved to the infant town of Brisbane where he found work as a slaughterman in an abattoir. In 1848 a sawyer, Robert Cox, was savagely murdered at Kangaroo Point and a considerable amount of money was presumed to have been stolen. The next year, Patrick Mayne married and, despite being a poorly paid labourer, bought his own butcher's shop in what is now Brisbane's central business district. He then expande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Mayne
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne, (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) was a British Army officer from Newtownards, capped for Ireland and the British Lions at rugby union, lawyer, amateur boxer, and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS). During the course of the Second World War, Mayne became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers. He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross. Early life and sporting achievements Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born in Newtownards, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), the sixth of seven children in a Protestant family. The Maynes were prominent landowners who owned several retail businesses in the town. He was named Robert Blair after a second cousin, who at the time of his birth was a British Army officer serving in the First World War. The family home, Mount Pleasant, is situated on the hills above Newtownards. Mayne attended Regent House Grammar School. It was there that his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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